Craig Iseli Talks SpiderRock History and Growth in JLN OIC 2022 Interview

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JLN interviewed Craig Iseli of SpiderRock at the 2022 Options Conference in San Antonio, Texas. We asked Iseli how SpiderRock started and what his role is. Iseli started running the business side of the firm and his business partner George Papa ran the trading side. Today, Iseli is the chief operating officer and Papa is the CEO. 

JLN asked Iseli what the evolution of SpiderRock looked like over the years.

We asked him about the data business, one of the pillars of the company’s business, and what the interest is in options data.

We asked Iseli what areas of the business are driving its growth.

We also had to ask him the backstory about the SpiderRock logo.

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